<p>For anyone who will be or has already started a course in a foreign country (full-time students...not study abroad).</p>
<p>Where do you go or where are you going? What field? </p>
<p>I spent a year in Australia at the Australian National University as a study abroad student. Next year I'll be starting as a grad student at Cambridge. I'd especially love to here from other Americans studying in the UK!</p>
<p>Really! Nobody? I knew that I was in the minority, but I figured that there would at least be a few people that frequent this board going to school abroad.</p>
<p>I'll broaden the scope of this thread. Does anyone have any interesting study abroad stories...or foreign universities that they recommend to others?</p>
<p>I want to spend a year abroad. What advice would you have for me? (I've still got a year before I apply to college though) :P</p>
<p>Well, I'd like to enroll at Oxford or LSE next year, but you probably won't come across too many Americans going overseas. Not only is little financial aid offered to international students, but exchange rates often make attending schools in countries like the UK prohibitive.</p>
<p>im a sr. in high school who will be taking a year off next year, but i am interested in studying in the uk or ireland either after spending a year in an american college or after applying next year. do you have any advice to offer in general or especially about what i should be doing now to prepare?
some schools i'd be interested in: oxford, cambridge, u london system, u st. andrews, and trinity college dublin</p>
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<p>Dude. You had to spend your only year in Oz in Canberra? Unfortunate. Still, good university, and it is a good enough college town. Awesome happy hours. Well done on getting into Cambridge though!</p>
<p>I spent last year doing a film degree in the UK. Best decision I think I've ever made.</p>
<p>I actually liked Canberra! It's definitely not a tourist destination, but it was close enough to Sydney to get away when I wanted and it didn't have all of the distractions of a big city...and you're right...some happy hour deals were amazing! You could bring $5 with you and go home drunk.</p>
<p>"I want to spend a year abroad. What advice would you have for me? (I've still got a year before I apply to college though) :P"</p>
<p>Lolcats4,</p>
<p>Without knowing what countries you are interested in it is difficult to offer specific advice. I suppose the best thing for you to do once you start college is to get all of your GE requirements out of the way early and come up with a 4 year plan. In other words, look ahead to what classes you are going to have to take and try to find a university abroad that offers classes similar to the ones you will need to graduate. Studying abroad can set you back a semester or more if you don't plan right.</p>
<p>"im a sr. in high school who will be taking a year off next year, but i am interested in studying in the uk or ireland either after spending a year in an american college or after applying next year. do you have any advice to offer in general or especially about what i should be doing now to prepare?
some schools i'd be interested in: oxford, cambridge, u london system, u st. andrews, and trinity college dublin"</p>
<p>clawedjird,</p>
<p>I was a product of the University of California system which has an excellent programs abroad program. Consequently, I only had to apply to my own campuses study abroad office instead of having to deal with foreign universities directly. The university you end up going to will have a big impact on if/where you end up studying. It may have programs set up with some of the unis mentioned above or it may not. I do know that both Ox and Cam have summer abroad programs open to all students. Here's the link for Pembroke Cambridge: Pembroke</a> College : International programmes</p>
<p>As far as preparing goes, see what I said in the above post and just get as high of grades as possible. I know that Oxbridge and U of London school like to see GPA's above 3.5</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into LSE as an American?</p>
<p>Would you be applying as a grad or undergrad? As a grad student, admissions are typically handled by individual departments and are consequently quite variable. As an undergrad applicant you have to take numerous AP tests and do well on them. LSE doesn't say what scores they look for...I do know Cambridge wants 5/5/4 so I would guess that LSE looks for 4/4/4 (but again...that is just a guess). It is very difficult to accurately assess an individuals chances at a foreign university simply because there aren't statistics to base it on. I would think that if you could get into the schools ranked 10-20 by USNews then you have a good shot at LSE</p>